DutchGrid CA eToken Limited Field Test

The DutchGrid CA is currently doing a limited field test for the
use of secure hardware tokens for automated clients. Following the
introduction of "Robot Certificates" in the policy, the DutchGrid
CA intends to use AladdineToken PRO USB
to hold the keypair associated
with such Robot certificates. The field test should clarify
usability and portability issues when such tokens are used in
grid authentication scenarios with portals and normal users (as
opposed to our own experts experimenting with them).

The tokens used are "PRO 32K" versions with CardOS 4.2B. The following
background information on their installation and use has been collected
in the evaluation phase:

Note that, although others have seen success with this tokens and the standard
OpenSC software, the latest version of the CardOS (4.2B) is not correctly
recognised by OpenSC, even in the latest CVS checkout to date (May 1st, 2007).